We welcomed trainers and owners of Derby horses, Derby winning jockeys, veterinarians, photographers and handicappers, who mixed with locals and Derby visitors. Other guests included Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer, Mrs. Kentucky, Miss U of L, Miss Cardinal Country and Miss Kentucky Rodero - a good time was had by all!

Our SPRING FUNDRAISER, 6th annual PONY TALES, was held March 31st, 2015 at BISTRO 42 in Prospect, KY. It was a fun time of great food, cocktails, and silent auctions, bringing our horse show community and race community together for a coming out party to kick off the local show and race seasons -

Photos from the 2015 PONY TALES fundraiser feature a very special guest, JEAN CRUGUET! Jean is the only jockey to ride an undefeated Triple Crown champion, guiding the great Seattle Slew to victory in the 1977 Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes.

APRIL 2013:THANK YOU!! to all who attended, donated to and organized our annual PONY TALES SPRING FUNDRAISER at
BISTRO 42 in Prospect, Kentucky. All auction items sold with fantastic bids, and we received generous cash donations. Attendees included artists, vets, farriers, show riders, coaches, race trainers, grooms, area business owners and authors, a packed house. A special thank you to volunteer lead organizer of the event, Connie Sandusky.

We had FOUR outstanding groups donate creative packages for the Biggest Bid Challenge. The winner was Stone Place Stables, Prospect, Kentucky with The Diva Show Experience package "including top shelf grooming and cleaning products for your horse, treats and saddle pads, dinner at one of Louisville's best steak houses, a premier dry cleaner's gift certificate, a premier tack shop gift certificate, horse show entry, braiding, clipping, bathing and overnight stabling for your horse, lunch on the day of the show, and tack cleaning for you the night before the show. A Blue Ribbon Day no matter how you place at the show!"

MAY 2012:
Many Thanks to everyone who attended the "DERBY WEEK VIP PARTY"! - Sponsored by MOLLY MALONE'S. Volunteers, fans, breeders, trainers (INCLUDING KENTUCKY DERBY WINNING TRAINER DOUG O'NEILL!), jockeys, handicappers and neighbors showed their support, May 1, 2012. The event at the pubís Highlands location drew a crowd that packed the building. It was the largest single fundraiser to date for Second Stride, raising $15,000 for retired thoroughbred racehorses!
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